Having trouble sleeping at night?

The Vancouver Sun has put together a slideshow of 20 ways to get to bed taken from WebMD. The list is good, but kind of long. 

Here are our top 5 (check out the list at The Vancouver Sun for the rest):

1. Glancing at the clock when you are trying to get to bed or late at night, especially as it approaches the time to rise, will distract you and make it more difficult to fall asleep or back to sleep. Try putting the clock out of sight. 
2. Is your back hurting when you sleep. Try putting a pillow under your legs (if you sleep on your side) or under your knees (if you sleep on your back) can even the load and align your hips better.
3. Try to limit your activities in bed to sleep and sex. This will create strong associations of rest and relaxation. And you will certainly love your bed!
4. Don’t eat too much at night before going to bed, especially heavy foods and big meals - if you don’t your digestive system has to work harder and that distracts from sleep. For evening snacks, cheese and light carbs are best.
5. Don’t smoke tobacco before bed. Nicotine is a stimulant…and smoking cigarettes is just bad for you. 

Want to see some more ways to get to bed…